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Xbox Price Drops to $200

Posted by timothy on from the 100-clams-100-smackeroonies dept.

ProfBooty writes: "Just two days after rival Sony Corp. cut prices on the PlayStation 2, Microsoft has announced they are cutting Xbox pricing by 33% to $200. Nintendo still has no plans to cut pricing on the Gamecube. Now is definitely a good time to be a gamer with all 3 next-gen systems at $200. Too bad i just bought a Playstation 2 yesterday." I'd like to know if anyone has succeeded in porting a Free operating system to the Xbox.

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  1. Losing money? by rabtech · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I doubt they are losing as much as some people tend to think. When you realize how old the P3 chips are, MS is probably picking them up at quite a steal. Manufacturing costs and all factor in, plus a hard drive, but still. I bet they were close to breaking even at $299 (given the dropping price of components). I imagine they will be breaking even with the XBox at $199 even in one year (assuming that RAM continues to tumble and AMD's new 64-bit chips push P3 prices down even further.)

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  2. Yawn...old news again. by EastCoastSurfer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I submitted this story this morning around 9am est. It was promptly rejected.

    Slashdot: The place to comment about old news.

  3. Don't forget about IBM. by glrotate · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Big Blue was once thought invinceable. How could anyone compete with a company that large weilding so much market power?